Hair curler



June 10, 1941. J JACOBS 2,244,708

HAIR CURLER Filed March 23, 1940 Patented June 10, 1941 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE HAIR GURLER Joseph Jacobs, Bridgeport, Conn.

Application March 23, 1940, Serial No. 325,494

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and hasparticular reference to the type of curler in which a strand of hair iswound about and retained in curled position upon a mandrel.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved curler of simple,practical and durable construction, which is light in weight, and themandrel of which is so formed as to facilitate drying of the curl Woundthereon and the removal of said curl therefrom.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a curler constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, with the curl confining member thereof inan inoperative position.

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section.

Figure 4 is a tranverse section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a sectional view illustrating the manner in which the wiresof the mandrel are attached to the head of the curler.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 6indicates the head of the curler which is made of sheet metal and ofcircular formation in cross section, with one end thereof tapered or cutaway as indicated at 1 and forming a grip by means of which the curlermay be manipulated. Extending longitudinally from the head 6 is amandrel upon which a strand of hair is adapted to be wound. Inaccordance with the present invention, said mandrel comprises aplurality of wires 8 which may be round or fiat in cross section. Thesewires are attached to the head 6 so as to extend therefrom inlongitudinally spaced relation and, for this purpose, the inner end ofeach wire is ofi'set, as indicated at 9 in Figure 5, and said offset endis adapted, when the mandrel is being assembled, to be first inserted into one of a series of annularly spaced openings l formed in the head 6.After being thus detachably connected to the head, the in turned outerends I i are brought into close proximity to each other and then securedtogether by a body of solder I! which combines with said ends to form arecess or depression I3 in the outer end of the mandrel, the purpose of'which will presently appear. When the elements of the mandrel are thusassembled, the same will be substantially circular in cross section andslightly tapered throughout its length toward the outer end so as (toaid in the removal of a curl therefrom, and with said elements spacedfrom each other it Will be apparent that air will be permitted to morereadily circulate through the hair wound upon the mandrel and thusfacilitate drying of the curl.

' Associalted with the mandrel, is a clamping member M which is pivotedto the head 5 and is utilized to clamp the end of a strand of hair tothe mandrel preparatory to winding said strand thereabout. Said memberI4 is provided with two rows of apertures l5 to further aid in thedrying of the curl wound upon the mandrel.

Also cooperating with the mandrel is a curl confining member l6 madefrom. a single length of wire bent into loop form with its inturned endsI! projecting through the head 6 at opposed points and constituting thepivot for the clamping member [4 as well as the member It. Theintermediate portions of the sides of said member l6 are outwardlybowed, as indicated at l8, to "accommodate the curl wound on themandrel, and the outer extremity or bight I9 of said member rotatablycarries a stay 20 which is adapted to engage in the recess l3 in theouter end of the mandrel, whereby the member I6 is releasably held inits operative position. The stay 20 may be diamond-shaped incrosssection, as shown in the drawing, so that it will roll into placein the recess 13 between the ends of adjacent ones of the wires 8, withits inclined sides engaging said wires. This greatly facilitates theclamping of the curl confining member iii in place.

A bowed leaf spring 2| is disposed in the head 6 with its extremitiesengaging the inner surfaces of said head and the adjacent end of theclamp M to exert pressure upon the latter to yieldably maintain the samein clamping relation to the mandrel.

What is claimed is:

1. In a hair curler, a mandrel in the form of an open-work cage ofgenerally cylindrical form but tapering slightly towards one end, saidmandrel comprising a tubular head, a plurality of wires extending fromsaid head in spaced relation, and converging slightly towards eachother, said wires having their ends turned inward and united so as toform a recess, a curl confining member of U-shape having its ends turnedin- Wardly and journalled in said head, whereby said curl confiningmember is free to pivot on said head, a stay on the bight portion ofsaid curl confining member adapted to spring into said recess andthereby to hold said member in its operative position, an aperturedclamping member having one end-portion pivotally mounted on saidinturned ends of said curl confining member, and spring means actingbetween said head and said clamping member to urge said clamping memberto seat itself on said mandrel.

2. A hair curler comprising a mandrel of skeleton construction, having ahead, a plurality of wires disposed longitudinally in spaced relationand joined together at one end so as to form a recess, and said wireshaving a portion of their other ends oiiset laterally, apertures in saidH head, each adapted to receive one of said offset portions therein, acurl confining member hav- 3. A hair curler comprising a mandrel ofskeleton construction having a head, a plurality of wires disposedlongitudinally in spaced relation and joined together at one end so asto form a recess, and said wires each having a portion of its other endofiset laterally inwardly, apertures in said 'head each receiving one ofsaid offset portions therein, a curl confining member substantially ofU-shape having its ends turned inwardy and journalled in said head so asto pivot thereon, a stay rotatably mounted on the bight portion of saidmember, said stay being diamond-shaped in cross-section and adapted toroll into place in the said recess between the adjacent ends of saidwires, whereby said member is held in curl confining position, anapertured clamping member having one end portion pivotally mounted onsaid inturned ends of said curl confining member, and spring meansacting between said head and said clamping member to urge said clampingmember to seat itself on the mandrel.

JOSEPH JACOBS.

